Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Christoffel Jegher, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1606 - 1640

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Christoffel Jegher, after Peter Paul Rubens, 1606 - 1640

chiaroscuro woodcut, h 458mm × w 602mm More details

In addition to a host of engravers, Rubens also engaged the woodcutter Christoffel Jegher to reproduce his work. Jegher’s, often sizeable, sheets were printed in two colours and will have mostly served as wall decoration. This proof impression is printed with two blocks: a line block, and a tone block for the ochre tint. In this impression Rubens indicated with brush and wash where the white lines had to be cut away in the tone block.

Color code: #918064 Color code: #514A3B Color code: #CBB797 Color code: #74654D Color code: #AC9D82 Color code: #F9F7E9
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